Re: Used Shift+del, with wrong file and need get it back

"JC" <JC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If there are some softwares that recover shift+deleted files then, that
files
are not permanently deleted... That was what I was thinking... And, by
that
reason, I asked a way to do it manually...
So, that developers (of such software) are lying to us?


Nobody is lying but you need to develop an awareness
of the way data is stored on a partition and what happens
when you delete a file.

When you store data on a partition then two things happen:
- Your data is recorded on one or several disk clusters
that are not already used by some other file.
- An entry is created in a file list. The entry contains
among other things the file name and the exact location
of the clusters it occupies.

When you delete a file then its entry in the file list is
removed. This makes it very hard for you to locate
your data because you no longer know where it is
kept on the partition. It's like finding a person in a
big town whose name is no longer listed in the telephone
directory. He may still be at his address but you won't
know where. "Undelete" programs can search the disk
and find your data - if you're lucky.

Since the space previously occupied by your data is
now flagged as "available", Windows may and will
put other data there, thus overwriting the original data.
This means that your chances of recovering your data
diminish rapidly while you allow Windows goes about its
usual business of writing data to the disk.

This is a simplified explanation but it should drive these
points home:
- Don't use Shift+Del unless you're absolutely convinced
that you never want to use this data again.
- Stop believing that backup solutions are for wimps
only. Important files MUST be backed up regularly to
at least one independent medium. If you choose to ignore
this rule then you must be prepared to pay the price.


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